Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds and requiring school districts to utilize competitive bidding. (FE)

This bill would have raised the minimum spending threshold for mandatory competitive bidding on public construction projects in Wisconsin from $25,000 to $50,000, allowing local governments to award smaller contracts without a formal bidding process. It also required school districts to use competitive bidding for all projects exceeding $25,000 and established specific rules for highway projects, including an exception that would let county boards complete certain portions of a road project directly if the county was already working on it. Additionally, the legislation proposed making emergency contracting rules optional for towns and clarifying definitions for public highway contracts. Ultimately, the bill did not become law after the Governor vetoed it and the legislature failed to override that veto.